News Forum - Police patrol Pattaya Beach looking for guns, booze, prostitutes

[Thaiger]

Police in Pattaya are continuing their commitment to crack down on law-breaking along the beach. They were out on patrol Monday night and added prostitution to the list of illegal activities that they were on the lookout to prevent. The police plan to operate regular patrols and be much more strict on things like drinking on the beach and carrying weapons than they have in the past. The vow was made over the weekend after a group of rival students fired guns on the beach in front of the Pattaya Police Station. Police said they were stepping up their nightly […]

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[DoUKnowWhoIAm]

1 hour ago, Thaiger said:

Now it seems that they’ve added prostitution to the list of crimes that they say they won’t be looking the other way on.

Are they planning to turn Pattaya into a ghost town? 

[Pj229]

If I remember rightly last time they did this they announced there was no prostitution in pattaya, big loss of face if they suddenly make arrests 

[TeddY]

So prostitution is a crime on Beach road, but perfectly ok in the bars, gogos, discos, massage parlours, hotels...etc ? Let people live their live, for heaven's sake. 

Edited October 5, 2022 by TeddY

[ExpatPattaya]

8 minutes ago, TeddY said:

So prostitution is a crime on Beach road, but perfectly ok in the bars, gogos, discos, massage parlours, hotels...etc ? Let people live their live, for heaven's sake. 

I really do not know how anyone can "verify" what goes on in front of others is prostitution in a bar, gogo, or massage place.  If money is exchanged behind closed doors later, then that is only known by the 2 people, and no one else.  I do not know the law, but if no money is seen being exchanged by the police, then where is the "crime" in that?

[yselmike]

56 minutes ago, ExpatPattaya said:

I really do not know how anyone can "verify" what goes on in front of others is prostitution in a bar, gogo, or massage place.  If money is exchanged behind closed doors later, then that is only known by the 2 people, and no one else.  I do not know the law, but if no money is seen being exchanged by the police, then where is the "crime" in that?

Undercover police, snitches,stitch up and so on.

[Cabra]

That won't be difficult